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, dallas, texas, good morning. -- and memory, dallas, texas, good morning. -- anna marie, dallas, texas, good morning. caller: what can we do as a community to prepare? what are some things that we can do to perhaps -- me and a group of others -- we could create a project for awareness? guest: a great project for awareness is awareness about the distribution grid at the local level. in my area, washington, d.c., the utility for a variety of reasons and did not trim trees for decades. people complained because they were cutting trees and not want them on their property, so for the last few years with storms we have had an enormous amount of free-fall, branches, and so on. putting pressure on the utilities, running public projects, schools, so on, identifying areas that are vulnerable where a tree trimming process, and again, i am an environmentalist, i am not saying to cut down trees indiscriminately, but i am saying that there is a trade- off and if you do not do the maintenance at the local community level, there
, dallas, texas, good morning. -- and memory, dallas, texas, good morning. -- anna marie, dallas, texas, good morning. caller: what can we do as a community to prepare? what are some things that we can do to perhaps -- me and a group of others -- we could create a project for awareness? guest: a great project for awareness is awareness about the distribution grid at the local level. in my area, washington, d.c., the utility for a variety of reasons and did not trim trees for decades. people...
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this year the dallas fed published its annual report. the road to prosperity, why we must and too big to fail now. and what we did was labeled too big to fail banks the major roadblock and their return to prosperity. too big to fail is more than just about moral hazard. it is more just about seriously undermining our financial system, it is about seriously undermining all the rules of capitalism. it is a perversion of our capitalist system geared the return to prosperity requires a pre and too big to fail and quickly. i will use quickly instead of now. i have sense of urgency about this. the dodd frank act is very well intentioned. but like too big to fail banks, the dodd frank act is too big, too complex, it is part of the road block, and i think inadvertently, it favors, it favors the larger institutions in the financial-services industry over smaller institutions. and therefore, likely perpetuates too big to fail. so, for consistency with the dallas fed's position on this subject, going back to richard fisher's early speeches, i use t
this year the dallas fed published its annual report. the road to prosperity, why we must and too big to fail now. and what we did was labeled too big to fail banks the major roadblock and their return to prosperity. too big to fail is more than just about moral hazard. it is more just about seriously undermining our financial system, it is about seriously undermining all the rules of capitalism. it is a perversion of our capitalist system geared the return to prosperity requires a pre and too...
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it sat on the shelf in a crime lab somewhere in dallas, texas, because the dallas police department had a new incentive to go and look at those old cases, this case was looked at. that evidence was tested and the dallas police department decided that kevin glenn turner committed this crime back in 1985. but that was 20 years ago. the statute of limitations had run and justice could not occur and lavenia's case, because the system waited too long to find the outlaw. kevin turner turned out to be a criminal in other cases and ended up in the penitentiary for those crimes, but justice was denied for lavenia. denied because of bureaucratic red tape. you see, mr. speaker, many rape kits sit on the shelves of evidence rooms across the country untested. some of them sit there so long that they're discarded by law enforcement. and the statute of limitations runs like it ran in lavenia's case. she is not alone, mr. speaker. there are 400,000 untested rape kits in this country. 400,000, that's a number, but every one of those represents a person. to try to put in some perspective, there were a li
it sat on the shelf in a crime lab somewhere in dallas, texas, because the dallas police department had a new incentive to go and look at those old cases, this case was looked at. that evidence was tested and the dallas police department decided that kevin glenn turner committed this crime back in 1985. but that was 20 years ago. the statute of limitations had run and justice could not occur and lavenia's case, because the system waited too long to find the outlaw. kevin turner turned out to be...
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imagine what it would have been like in dallas. but lucy did not get her day free from the secret service. >> she could get almost anything but not that. you had many unique experiences. i believe the only prom held in the white house and one of the very few weddings. >> it was very exciting. as a matter of fact, the previous big wedding was alice longworth. princess alice, they called her. in our day, she was the cat's meow in washington. she said -- she had a palo that said if you do not have anything nice to say to anybody, come and sit next to me. [laughter] she was wonderful to listen to as long as she wasn't saying anything bad about you. but she came to our wedding. i mean, she was fascinating. imagine, teddy roosevelt's daughter -- you talk about a rebel. susan and i were just pussycats. are father said i can either be president or i can take care of dallas. [laughter] her father said you may not smoke under my roof, so she smoked of the roof. [laughter] she had a little green snake which was called emily spinach which she
imagine what it would have been like in dallas. but lucy did not get her day free from the secret service. >> she could get almost anything but not that. you had many unique experiences. i believe the only prom held in the white house and one of the very few weddings. >> it was very exciting. as a matter of fact, the previous big wedding was alice longworth. princess alice, they called her. in our day, she was the cat's meow in washington. she said -- she had a palo that said if you...
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that debate is from dallas live at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we will bring in some archival presidential debates from past years going back to 2000 for first. george w. bush and john kerry. all that will come up tomorrow here on c-span. >> to be honest with you, i love these debates. these things are great. i think it is interesting that the president still does not have an agenda for a second term. don't you think it is time for him to put together a vision of what he would do in the next four years if he were elected? it's got to come up with that over this week and because there is only one debate left on monday. >> lead 3 cap what we learned last night -- the tax plan does not end up, the jobs plan does not create jobs, his deficit- reduction plan adds to the deficit. i walk, everybody here has heard of the new deal, you've heard of the fair deal, you've heard of a square deal -- met romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal. are not buying it. >> watch as mitt romney and president obama me in their final debate. our debate previous start
that debate is from dallas live at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we will bring in some archival presidential debates from past years going back to 2000 for first. george w. bush and john kerry. all that will come up tomorrow here on c-span. >> to be honest with you, i love these debates. these things are great. i think it is interesting that the president still does not have an agenda for a second term. don't you think it is time for him to put together a vision of what he would do in the next four...
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suburbs of dallas, houston, san netanya, atlanta, charlotte, and south carolina ever -- were republican. analyzing by saying suburbs does not work. you have to look at each individual suburb or the region of the country. and we have to rethink the way we spend money in politics. if this was a $6 billion election-year with status quo results, the biggest success would -- when it comes to money and politics and i'm not talking about message should dismiss des -- macro, it may be an effective way to pay voters directly. should dismiss demographics -- independence because they leaned democratic. the suburbs cannot be analyzed as a whole. you look nationally, romney won the suburbs by two points. look at northern virginia. it delivered -- the blue state suburbs, philadelphia whiteout romney. the suburbs also wiped out romney. new york, philadelphia, d.c., los angeles, san francisco, the suburbs were democratic. the suburbs were swing. suburbs of dallas, houston, san netanya, atlanta, charlotte, and south carolina ever -- were republican. analyzing by saying suburbs does not work. you have to
suburbs of dallas, houston, san netanya, atlanta, charlotte, and south carolina ever -- were republican. analyzing by saying suburbs does not work. you have to look at each individual suburb or the region of the country. and we have to rethink the way we spend money in politics. if this was a $6 billion election-year with status quo results, the biggest success would -- when it comes to money and politics and i'm not talking about message should dismiss des -- macro, it may be an effective way...
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we had many present from 140 markets around america and dallas doesn't know what detroit's talking about. the population's going. or houston the impact. it's just not in their thought process to think that they have a problem with unemployment or housing. detroit, columbus, other places have it. parts of massachusetts have it. other parts of massachusetts don't. so i think this has to be very localized and figure out how you solve that. so it's going to be tight until we get rules figured out and then you bring in private capital. but i'm not sure that's all together a bad thing but i think we have a lot more granular by-city or by-community to figure out what the answer should be. >> turning now to the customer relationship and how it's changing in response to the very dramatic developments in the bank and developments over the last several years so, first of all, i was delighted to hear about your efforts regarding home buyer -- over the past few years people need to understand what they are getting into when they make this enormous commitment but let me ask you about the change in the
we had many present from 140 markets around america and dallas doesn't know what detroit's talking about. the population's going. or houston the impact. it's just not in their thought process to think that they have a problem with unemployment or housing. detroit, columbus, other places have it. parts of massachusetts have it. other parts of massachusetts don't. so i think this has to be very localized and figure out how you solve that. so it's going to be tight until we get rules figured out...
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host: but go to dallas, texas, independent line. caller: is there a historical comparison to suppression. third-party votes as there is today? guest: i do not know what you mean about a suppression of the third-party voices. there have been the third party boys over there. for example, the debates, back when they were run by the league of women voters and now the debate commission. ross perot felt when he did not meet a certain threshold in the polls that he was not invited into the debates. there are any number of complaints that have been made over the years. it is tough for third-party to get on the ballot. let's be honest. the two major parties are aggressive in perpetuating themselves and they are not interested in fostering strong challengers. host: the history of money in campaigning. guest: it is a perennial issue. i hate to say that it is evergreen, but it has always been with us. going back to 1876, that was an interesting election. he was very much the candidate of industry, business. william jennings bryan, a populist fr
host: but go to dallas, texas, independent line. caller: is there a historical comparison to suppression. third-party votes as there is today? guest: i do not know what you mean about a suppression of the third-party voices. there have been the third party boys over there. for example, the debates, back when they were run by the league of women voters and now the debate commission. ross perot felt when he did not meet a certain threshold in the polls that he was not invited into the debates....
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that was right after the assassination in dallas they got to l.b.j. sitting in his office. the phone rings he picks up the phone and somebody says it's done and he hangs up the phone. i was telling that story and said it didn't appear until the film but a student from germany said i saw that scene in germany. if it's in the foreign version and not in the domestic version, i think that says things about americans that will not be easily scrubbed from any mind. make believe does make believe. i'd like your comment on that but i'd like an answer to this question, when a lot of people overseas see an american film in which torture is used unrepeated, if there were a case in which somebody felt in effect that i've seen it in american television, i believe it happens, i believe it's okay or they wouldn't show it on television and without license committed torture, would you feel any personal responsibility about that, how would you feel? >> just on the j.f.k. assassination thing. i just read one of stephen king's new books which is about the assassination and a man who has the ab
that was right after the assassination in dallas they got to l.b.j. sitting in his office. the phone rings he picks up the phone and somebody says it's done and he hangs up the phone. i was telling that story and said it didn't appear until the film but a student from germany said i saw that scene in germany. if it's in the foreign version and not in the domestic version, i think that says things about americans that will not be easily scrubbed from any mind. make believe does make believe. i'd...
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steaches was laid to rest at the dallas-forth worth national cemetery, not far from his hometown. while earlier that day his life was celebrated and his service to our country was celebrated in a church full of friends and family and fellow patriots. our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of mr. stevens. he will forever be remembered as an outstanding soldier, husband, father and friend. we thank them for his service to our country. john 15-13 which says greater love hath no man than this than the man who laid down his life for his friends. as i close, mr. speaker, i'd like to ask all americans to continue praying for our country during these difficult times, for our military men and women and for our first responders who keep us safe by their sacrifice each day. god bless our military, -- military men and women and god bless america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from hawaii, ms. hirono, for five minutes. ms. hirono: mr. speaker, i rise today to introduce a resolution commemorating the remarkable life of service of m
steaches was laid to rest at the dallas-forth worth national cemetery, not far from his hometown. while earlier that day his life was celebrated and his service to our country was celebrated in a church full of friends and family and fellow patriots. our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of mr. stevens. he will forever be remembered as an outstanding soldier, husband, father and friend. we thank them for his service to our country. john 15-13 which says greater love hath no...
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host: lisa from dallas, texas, received unemployment insurance -- nate from dallas, texas, receives unemployment insurance. caller: right now i lost my job because my boss was fired from the university. and recently got my doctoral degree from that university, and i am spending eight hours a day on the computer, trying to network. i want to buck the contention that it is a mismatch of skills between the employer and the people that are unemployed. there was a recent "wall street journal" saying that part of the problem is how employers conduct searches of candidates, and her recruiting is done. -- how recruiting is done. i think the unemployment benefits should be extended, because sometimes there are highly skilled workers who do not want to take an eight hour minimum wage type job, and they're not always a good match for that. i will leave at there and let you all comment on that. host: mr. it tanner? guest: employers are trying to get the best employees they can. productivity of the employees is what makes the business profitable. if they're not going to do a good job of it, the business will
host: lisa from dallas, texas, received unemployment insurance -- nate from dallas, texas, receives unemployment insurance. caller: right now i lost my job because my boss was fired from the university. and recently got my doctoral degree from that university, and i am spending eight hours a day on the computer, trying to network. i want to buck the contention that it is a mismatch of skills between the employer and the people that are unemployed. there was a recent "wall street...
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just putting out phony names to try to register the starting lineup for the dallas cowboys and the like. that put a burden on the system. as a result, i knew we wanted to take some steps to be able to address that. we put registration requirement in place for the drives to code and tracked the reforms that are out there and made an attempt to try to move forward with voter registration. pieces of that legislation went through. unfortunately, the voter the online -- the on-line ps did not pass. there were some reluctance to put that in place. our legislature only meets once every two years. someone on my staff the that a statute from 1985 that said the secretary of state or registrar can use a computer to assist in the registration of voters. so i went to the attorney general and said will this allow me to register voters online and they said it's a little shaky. i said i'm going to give it a go, so we went full speed ahead in trying to put online voter registration in place and put together a pilot program months before the election in clark county which accounts for about 85% of the vo
just putting out phony names to try to register the starting lineup for the dallas cowboys and the like. that put a burden on the system. as a result, i knew we wanted to take some steps to be able to address that. we put registration requirement in place for the drives to code and tracked the reforms that are out there and made an attempt to try to move forward with voter registration. pieces of that legislation went through. unfortunately, the voter the online -- the on-line ps did not pass....
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who is doing reporting on the criminal distribution networks in united states, atlanta, dallas, los angeles -- who is doing that reporting here? so much attention is focused on what is happening in mexico, we are lamenting the strengths or weaknesses of reporting in mexico. the mexican reporters, especially the regional ones, were hardest hit. it is the once in these regional outlets like tijuana. they want to know who was telling the other side of the story and who is doing the money reporting, all these narco dollars. who is doing the story about money laundering? i do not know if i answered your question, but that is certainly a kind of push back there. who is telling the big story and the small story? >> let me bring in carrie lozano to the conversation. she is a documentary filmmaker and journalist who has done a lot of work. her film "underground" appeared at sundance. also she is an emerging expert on the question of collaborative reporting, journalists, between news organizations and citizens -- she works in the investigative reporting for uc berkley and has co-founded collaboration
who is doing reporting on the criminal distribution networks in united states, atlanta, dallas, los angeles -- who is doing that reporting here? so much attention is focused on what is happening in mexico, we are lamenting the strengths or weaknesses of reporting in mexico. the mexican reporters, especially the regional ones, were hardest hit. it is the once in these regional outlets like tijuana. they want to know who was telling the other side of the story and who is doing the money...
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00 in the morning, is down at the white house, he jumps out of airplanes, he goes back and forth to dallas every weekend. and the question, ralph, that all of us want to know is what kind of vitamins are you taking? because we all want to be on whatever diet that you're on. but what i wanted to say about ralph tonight is, you know, i don't -- ralph is a congressman to many people and the people in rockwall. but to all of us, ralph hall is our friend. and we're very proud of our friend and we're very proud to have the opportunity to serve with a great man like ralph hall. my ralph hall story is we were celebrating one of his birthdays on a thursday, the texas republican delegation has lunch every thursday and somebody brought a birthday cake in, they brought the cake in and i think we had a candle there and we just had one to kind of commemorate all of the years, the fire marshall wouldn't let us bring all the rest of them, sorry, ralph. but he was making light of his birthday and he looked at us and said, you know what the worst thing that somebody can say to you on your birthday? is don't
00 in the morning, is down at the white house, he jumps out of airplanes, he goes back and forth to dallas every weekend. and the question, ralph, that all of us want to know is what kind of vitamins are you taking? because we all want to be on whatever diet that you're on. but what i wanted to say about ralph tonight is, you know, i don't -- ralph is a congressman to many people and the people in rockwall. but to all of us, ralph hall is our friend. and we're very proud of our friend and we're...
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host: here is a story from dallas ted cruise put on the line a considerable chunk of his personal wealth from his big law firm work which and you can see an image of the g.o.p. candidate as they watch the returns. in that race. let's go back to lynn university and hear from our next student. caller: my question is we seen in this presidential race that women are one of the main targeted voters by obama and romney which i was wondering how important will be the women vote in this congressional races? guest: i think the women's vote is important. women make up a majority of voters about 52%. they are there is a big portion of the women's vote that has been undieded but the interesting thing is that since the first presidential debate, governor romney has done much better with women voters. and it's a group that i think democrats are now a little worried about some of these swing states. so i think when you look down ballot races, women are crit cam and democrats are hoping that works no their advantage because in this 34r5r election cycle they recruited a lot of women candidates to run for
host: here is a story from dallas ted cruise put on the line a considerable chunk of his personal wealth from his big law firm work which and you can see an image of the g.o.p. candidate as they watch the returns. in that race. let's go back to lynn university and hear from our next student. caller: my question is we seen in this presidential race that women are one of the main targeted voters by obama and romney which i was wondering how important will be the women vote in this congressional...
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the president goes to dallas. makes a speech. he says, i know that many of you think that i raised your taxes too much. the point is that anything the president does or says has an instant impact on the world around him. it is a serious thing. often forget the policies have direct impacts. he was first of all very much a southerner. very much of the son of an alcoholic. probably the illegitimate son of an alcoholic mother. broody. of all the people i work with, the three starters are listed in the introduction and all the more extraordinary readers and extraordinarily smart and well versed. clinton was very much committed to making the world better because of his own early background, which is not a lot of money. if you went to the residence library, the number of books on jews would crowd out the shelves. it was an extraordinary thing. look at the team from 1995 and 1996. you had -- that was the primary group of people. in the levels of and by his mentor and matters of -- jews were very much involved. the moral behavior in publi
the president goes to dallas. makes a speech. he says, i know that many of you think that i raised your taxes too much. the point is that anything the president does or says has an instant impact on the world around him. it is a serious thing. often forget the policies have direct impacts. he was first of all very much a southerner. very much of the son of an alcoholic. probably the illegitimate son of an alcoholic mother. broody. of all the people i work with, the three starters are listed in...
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the democratic congressman was in a motorcade with president kennedy the day he was assassinated in dallas in 1963. the house of representatives observed a moment of silence in honor of jack brooks. >> i rise today, we rise today to ask you to join us in a moment of silence honoring our colleague, the honorable jack brooks who passed away yesterday at the age of 89. he was a good friend who served 42 years in congress. leader dedicated to bettering our country and will be missed by his family, friends and this congress. i urge one minute of silence. >> members, please rise for a moment of silence. >> housing and urban development secretary testifies on capitol hill tomorrow for the second day in a row. he will discuss his agency's budget and will be live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. tomorrow afternoon 4:30, president obama lights the national christmas tree outside the white house. house speaker john boehner said today that he's still waiting for a response from the white house on the g.o.p. deficit reduction proposal. they spoke to reporters in the capitol for about 10 minutes. >> good morning
the democratic congressman was in a motorcade with president kennedy the day he was assassinated in dallas in 1963. the house of representatives observed a moment of silence in honor of jack brooks. >> i rise today, we rise today to ask you to join us in a moment of silence honoring our colleague, the honorable jack brooks who passed away yesterday at the age of 89. he was a good friend who served 42 years in congress. leader dedicated to bettering our country and will be missed by his...
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virus since it arrived in america in 1999, the worst outbreak this year for west nile virus was around dallas because of budget cuts. remember, this is a disease spread by mosquitoes. texas has no entomologist anymore. they cut the position because they ran out of money. >> for over a century, the u.s. fire service had the task of extinguishing any fire that was started on federal land. that wound up with a situation where we have these huge, hot, devastating forest fires in the modern era. is our public health policy doing something similar? >> is an interesting metaphor, but i do not know if it is completely transferable. >> what about the trend in decline of vaccination. another colleague wrote a book called the panic virus. he talked about the virus spread of belief that vaccinations make people sick, especially children. vaccinations cause autism, among other things. a lot of science shows that is a false concern, but it has led to a serious decline of rates of vaccination in children in some areas. >> let's not completely step away from the point that was just made. it is an interesting
virus since it arrived in america in 1999, the worst outbreak this year for west nile virus was around dallas because of budget cuts. remember, this is a disease spread by mosquitoes. texas has no entomologist anymore. they cut the position because they ran out of money. >> for over a century, the u.s. fire service had the task of extinguishing any fire that was started on federal land. that wound up with a situation where we have these huge, hot, devastating forest fires in the modern...
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he spoke to supporters in dallas that year. >> wait just a minute. the first thing we want to do, we will be talking about this in a minute. the first thing we want to do is to team up together and make it work now, right? absolutely. you are not too happy, we can make some changes in 1994, right? the main thing now, time is precious. let's try to make it work. texas working together to make it work. i will be talking about that in a minute. we have worked to starting right away. our country needs all of our help. [applause] i want to thank all of you are here tonight and all the people who have come here together across the nation. starting last february, you did something that everybody said could not be done. millions of you came together to take your country back. [applause] you gave washington a laser-like message to listen to the people. [applause] you have done an incredible job of getting this country turned back around to the country that our founders established, a country that came from the people and you have changed the country to your m
he spoke to supporters in dallas that year. >> wait just a minute. the first thing we want to do, we will be talking about this in a minute. the first thing we want to do is to team up together and make it work now, right? absolutely. you are not too happy, we can make some changes in 1994, right? the main thing now, time is precious. let's try to make it work. texas working together to make it work. i will be talking about that in a minute. we have worked to starting right away. our...
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yield such time as he may consume to the very thoughtful, dedicated and hardworking gentleman from dallas, mr. sessions. let me say, mr. speaker, that there are lots of hard workers in this house. and there are -- we all learn as kids there's a differentiation between a workhorse and a show horse. i got to tell you, mr. speaker, and you know this very well, there is no democrat or republican in the united states house of representatives who works any harder, any harder than pete sessions, and i'm very pleased, mr. speaker, that he's going to be succeeding me as chairman of the house rules committee and i of course yield to him such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much. and to my dear and distinguished friend, the gentleman, the young chairman of the rules committee, david dreier, thank you very much. it is david's leadership, not just in the rules committee, but i believe to all of us here in the house of representatives that david has let us to be a more open
yield such time as he may consume to the very thoughtful, dedicated and hardworking gentleman from dallas, mr. sessions. let me say, mr. speaker, that there are lots of hard workers in this house. and there are -- we all learn as kids there's a differentiation between a workhorse and a show horse. i got to tell you, mr. speaker, and you know this very well, there is no democrat or republican in the united states house of representatives who works any harder, any harder than pete sessions, and...
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i reflect on the testimony of a witness from dallas, mad lynn mcclure, the executive director of the texas association for protection of children, who testified before our committee very recently that the estimate of 753,000 children being abused and neglected in america is a conservative one but that to put it in context, if you fill the alamodome, the hubert humphrey dome in minneapolis, yankee stadium, the stadium in georgia, in tennessee, tiger stadium in louisiana, the rows bowl, the -- the rose bowl, you would still have -- you would fill that and still not cover all of the children who are subject to abuse and neglect each year in this country. and almost half of those children that are abused are aged 4 or under. our bill provides an opportunity to take an important step forward in developing a national strategy to protect our most vulnerable children. the commission, appointed by the president and congress, would develop recommendations to reduce the number of children who die from abuse and neglect. the commission would bring together a group of experts from around the coun
i reflect on the testimony of a witness from dallas, mad lynn mcclure, the executive director of the texas association for protection of children, who testified before our committee very recently that the estimate of 753,000 children being abused and neglected in america is a conservative one but that to put it in context, if you fill the alamodome, the hubert humphrey dome in minneapolis, yankee stadium, the stadium in georgia, in tennessee, tiger stadium in louisiana, the rows bowl, the --...
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most of the money would go to places like new york, chicago, miami, los angeles, dallas, places like that. however, over the years, some smaller areas have been able to receive some money. columbus is an illustrative case of that. host: barbara on the independent line. caller: there have been security breaches at nuclear plants. people coming in that were not employees. what kind of funds are going to be provided for states with nuclear plants against terrorism attacks? guest: that is one of the key focuses of dhs grants, as you correctly point out. a nuclear facility presents a tempting target for potential terrorist attack. the good news is that dhs is aware of that and is working to help state address that. >> we leave this portion of "washington journal" and take you live to the white house where today's press briefing is getting under way. >> we will get settled here. ok. good afternoon, everyone. thanks for being here. i think, as you know, the president and speaker of the house had a meeting here at the white house a little earlier today. the conversations continue. i have no
most of the money would go to places like new york, chicago, miami, los angeles, dallas, places like that. however, over the years, some smaller areas have been able to receive some money. columbus is an illustrative case of that. host: barbara on the independent line. caller: there have been security breaches at nuclear plants. people coming in that were not employees. what kind of funds are going to be provided for states with nuclear plants against terrorism attacks? guest: that is one of...
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>> new york, chicago, san francisco, dallas fort worth and cleveland and atlanta. >> so here's -- and seattle of course. which does both competition and consumer protection work. >> with technology as it is today, do we really need to have all of those regional offices? because i would have contend that having an office in miami that's particularly focused on spanish speaking would make sense. but i don't see why you need to have seven other offices. perhaps new york. i don't know. >> well, and you might talk to chairman durbin about the chicago office. look, commissioner, when commissioner rush -- it's time for us -- we don't earmark any more. therefore we all need to be cognizant. several usd offices closing in my district and the post office distribution center and it makes me sad and it makes me angry because the agencies aren't doing what they ought to be doing. but do we really need them in this technological area? >> to the chairman's credit, i championed closing the atlanta office. and he has suggested that he would be at least in some future incarnation amenable to that as we
>> new york, chicago, san francisco, dallas fort worth and cleveland and atlanta. >> so here's -- and seattle of course. which does both competition and consumer protection work. >> with technology as it is today, do we really need to have all of those regional offices? because i would have contend that having an office in miami that's particularly focused on spanish speaking would make sense. but i don't see why you need to have seven other offices. perhaps new york. i don't...
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among the -- harold simmons who's a billionaire from dallas. sam del who's a rea investor and daniel lowe who's a hedge fund manager in new york what do they get out of this? what are they looking for? >> in fact, i think they're getting -- they're hoping to get what they have gotten before and more. many of these are the same big donors that have played at the national and local level. there are some new faces but i think they hope to really change the course of the american politics and in a way that favors in some cases their ideological and their economic interests. very there someone on that side? >> jeffery katzemburg and irwin jacobs. there are major donors including bill maher and morgan freeman. but they're not able to hold a canned to the amount of money that has been raised on the conservative side. >> if you could let's take a step back because people remember the case. he singled out members of the supreme court during his state of the union address in which he said it was the wrong decision. what did the court decide and what does
among the -- harold simmons who's a billionaire from dallas. sam del who's a rea investor and daniel lowe who's a hedge fund manager in new york what do they get out of this? what are they looking for? >> in fact, i think they're getting -- they're hoping to get what they have gotten before and more. many of these are the same big donors that have played at the national and local level. there are some new faces but i think they hope to really change the course of the american politics and...
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. >> i am wondering if anything is different in dallas and schools. are there different emphasis -- can he make a living at that paternalism in the way that maybe when i thought about going into that 30 years ago, you thought of that. and whether kids still want to go to a journalism school and if it is any different. i would think it would have to be changes in what is taught and how it is thought. i think it would be like for someone like you to make a living. >> the question was are other changes happening in the journalism schools with this changing environment. and he thinks it would be hard to make a living which is pretty true. [laughter] i cannot know the answer to what is happening with a journalism schools but when i talk to young journalists, they are very scared about where they're going to get a job. when i talk to journalists that are recent graduates, i think they are all thinking it into the back of their mind what profession will they have to segue into. especially those working in print. those in a tv deal may be a little more secure
. >> i am wondering if anything is different in dallas and schools. are there different emphasis -- can he make a living at that paternalism in the way that maybe when i thought about going into that 30 years ago, you thought of that. and whether kids still want to go to a journalism school and if it is any different. i would think it would have to be changes in what is taught and how it is thought. i think it would be like for someone like you to make a living. >> the question was...
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host: our last caller is from dallas, texas. good morning. we have about one minute left. caller: your remark regarding, in your opinion, the response to the situation. could you explain how his remarks were different from al sharpton posses remarks. host: fenty. guest: which remarks are you referring to? host: he is not on the phone anymore. he has his own show on msn bc. i am sure he is referring to some of the remarks he has made on this program. guest: i am not familiar with those. host: let me conclude where we began. explain or resign, mayor gray. what will happen this week with the d.c. mayor? guest: i think we will see something happen this week that will not involve the d.c. mayor. it could very well involve the chairman of the d.c. council. he is under investigation, as well. it is my understanding that that investigation will come to him at a crucial point, perhaps this coming week, and then -- that will be the news. host: state-owned. they call that 80's. colbert king. thank you very much for being with us. come back again. join us tomorrow on washington journa
host: our last caller is from dallas, texas. good morning. we have about one minute left. caller: your remark regarding, in your opinion, the response to the situation. could you explain how his remarks were different from al sharpton posses remarks. host: fenty. guest: which remarks are you referring to? host: he is not on the phone anymore. he has his own show on msn bc. i am sure he is referring to some of the remarks he has made on this program. guest: i am not familiar with those. host:...
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anshan the denise austin to treat some and and where it fine jewelry with 50 for those in need cents. 54 dallas andson whether it is your monogram, initials, as i love this look. our roasted 22 because where with this a. thus, on thank you and the compass .... this is an exotic grid barry gemstone. cushion-cut think about a kushionz stamp and think of that drop talking. that is exactly what this says and is all handsigned and oven riding my fault block of that you have struck a hint are my...
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. >> christopher from dallas. you mentioned immigration waiting list for legal immigration, but these are based on family preferences or highly skilled workers. most undocumented workers to not have these abilities would you change the system and eliminate the cuban assistance act that allow you to come here with an unfair advantage that others don't have. >> i did not immigrant from cuba. that is not where i came from. >> is it how your father came? >> that is how my father came. there is a rule through this country where we recognize the prinple of asylum. we recognize the principle of political oppression. my father was imprisoned and rtured and beaten almost to death. my aunt nearly lost her life in jail. for decades if not centuries, we have recognized the political oppression is qualitatively different when you have a dictator and a murderer in power who is torturing and oppressing its people. that is different from people who are coming from economic challenges. we have long recognized that there is a quali
. >> christopher from dallas. you mentioned immigration waiting list for legal immigration, but these are based on family preferences or highly skilled workers. most undocumented workers to not have these abilities would you change the system and eliminate the cuban assistance act that allow you to come here with an unfair advantage that others don't have. >> i did not immigrant from cuba. that is not where i came from. >> is it how your father came? >> that is how my...